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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More great music from Philip Hunt — with a special feature on duets...

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SOUNDS OF BRASS:

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO BRISTOL, CORNWALL, DEVON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GUERNSEY, JERSEY, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 5 PAST 7

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT,

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THROUGH THE RADIO iPLAYER. Live on Sundays at 19-05 British Time or at any time for 7 DAYS after the Broadcast.

To hear this week’s programme instantly go to www.bbc.co.uk/devon and click on Listen Live or Listen Again.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail. brassmanpgh@uwclub.net
Telephone 01752 843919.

Sunday 14th August:

THE SWASHBUCKLER
H R Moreton

POET AND PEASANT
Franz von Suppe

SILVER THREADS
arr. Stanley Boddington
Soloist: James Scott

ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS
arr. Stanley Boddington
Soloist: Bert Sullivan

COSSACK PATROL
arr. Eric Ball

THREE NEGRO SPIRITUALS
arr. Frank Seymour
Munn & Felton’s (Footwear) Band
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

MERMAIDS SONG
Carl Maria von Weber arr. Stanley Boddington
Soloist: John Berryman

THE TOPS
T J Powell
GUS (Footwear) Band
Conductor: Stanley Boddington

WALTZING WITH SULLIVAN
Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Gilbert Vinter
GUS (Footwear) Band
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

RULER OF THE SPIRITS
Carl Maria von Weber arr. William Halliwell
Virtuosi GUS Band
Conductor: John Berryman


Sunday 21st August:

TAYLOR MADE
Goff Richards
Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Goff Richards

PENIEL Eric Ball
Foresters Brass 2000
Conductor: Peter Collins

FASCINTATING EUPHONIUMS
Darrol Barry
Soloists: Nicholas & Robert Childs
Tredegar Band
Conductor: Nigel Weekes

ELFIN REVELS
George Hawkins
Duet: Jack Mackintosh & William Oughton
St Hilda Professional Band
Conductor: James Oliver

COMRADES
Albert Jakeway
Duet: Andrew Justice & Nick Hudson
Enfield Citadel Band
Bandmaster: James Williams

IRISH TUNE FROM COUNTY DERRY
Percy Grainger arr. Denis Wright
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductor: Brian Grant

MACK & MORT
Harry Mortimer
Duet: Richard Marshall & James Shepherd

BENEDICTUS from THE ARMED MAN
Karl Jenkins arr. Tony Small
Duet: Zoe Hancock & Gary Curtin
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

MALAGUENA
Ernesto Lecuona arr. Lee Harrelson
Duet: Tim Thomas & Karen Zawacki
Fountain City Brass Band
Conductor: Dr Joseph Parisi

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